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This section includes 9 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Prestressed Concrete Structures knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The partial safety factor ( m) for materials has a value that depends upon the importance? |
| A. | Principal sates |
| B. | Limit states |
| C. | Strain states |
| D. | Stress states |
| Answer» C. Strain states | |
| 2. |
The characteristic strengths of concrete and steel may be taken as the works cube strength and ____________ |
| A. | Yield strength |
| B. | Strain |
| C. | Stress |
| D. | Principle strength |
| Answer» B. Strain | |
| 3. |
The term WL is termed as ____________ |
| A. | Wind load |
| B. | Terrine |
| C. | Live load |
| D. | Wall load |
| Answer» B. Terrine | |
| 4. |
The design strength of materials is expressed as ____________ |
| A. | F<sub>d</sub> = F<sub>e</sub> / <sub>k</sub> |
| B. | F<sub>d</sub> = F<sub>c</sub> / <sub>k</sub> |
| C. | F<sub>d</sub> = F<sub>k</sub> / <sub>m</sub> |
| D. | F<sub>d</sub> = F<sub>d</sub> / <sub>m</sub> |
| Answer» D. F<sub>d</sub> = F<sub>d</sub> / <sub>m</sub> | |
| 5. |
The values of partial safety factors are recommended for ____________ |
| A. | Loads |
| B. | Designs |
| C. | Spans |
| D. | Beams |
| Answer» B. Designs | |
| 6. |
The characteristic values of the loads take account of expected variations but do not allow for ____________ |
| A. | Variations in stress |
| B. | Variations in dimensional accuracy |
| C. | Variation in strain |
| D. | Variation in loads |
| Answer» C. Variation in strain | |
| 7. |
The statistical data required to define the characteristic loads, need recording of data and ____________ |
| A. | Observations |
| B. | Calculations |
| C. | Loads |
| D. | Stresses |
| Answer» B. Calculations | |
| 8. |
The characteristic load is expressed as ____________ |
| A. | Mean load K x standard deviation |
| B. | Mean load + K x standard deviation |
| C. | Load standard deviation |
| D. | Load + standard deviation |
| Answer» C. Load standard deviation | |
| 9. |
The design loads for various limit states are obtained as product of the ____________ |
| A. | Characteristic loads |
| B. | Seismic loads |
| C. | Ultimate loads |
| D. | Wind loads |
| Answer» B. Seismic loads | |